Fiji earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake Fiji region

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Fri, Apr 14, 2006, 11:42 PM GMT+13 (10:42 UTC), 562 km (349 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 291 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2006-04-14 10:42:00 UTC
Depth
562.3 km (349.4 mi), deep
Epicenter
19.206° S, 177.507° W
Region
Fiji
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000eegr. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
124°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Fiji region · 7476 days ago · 551 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.4262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7474 days ago · 550 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.6Fiji region · 7474 days ago · 537 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.2276 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7474 days ago · 555 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.3Fiji region · 7468 days ago · 615 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 4.3Fiji region · 7468 days ago · 569 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.2Fiji region · 7463 days ago · 554 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.3293 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7461 days ago · 546 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.8291 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga · 7449 days ago · 377 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.1Fiji region · 7447 days ago · 555 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.1Fiji region · 7442 days ago · 621 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 4.7Fiji region · 7437 days ago · 427 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.6Fiji region · 7433 days ago · 602 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 4.1260 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7431 days ago · 600 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 3.8Fiji region · 7481 days ago · 570 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 3.6Fiji region · 7482 days ago · 350 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.3Fiji region · 7483 days ago · 579 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.2Fiji region · 7498 days ago · 421 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.1290 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji · 7500 days ago · 507 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.8Fiji region · 7501 days ago · 591 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.1Fiji region · 7503 days ago · 543 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.1279 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga · 7503 days ago · 633 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 4.2Fiji region · 7505 days ago · 575 km deep · 27 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000eegr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.